Defence Strategy, Planning & Research

As a British Intelligence Officer during World War II, Hugh Trevor-Roper was expressly forbidden from keeping a diary due to the sensitive and conf...

'A truly incredible collection of stories of true heroism.' - Bear Grylls'A barnstorming account of heroism and fortitude from individuals who epit...

A compelling history of the greatest ships ever launched.The importance of the fighting ship is as considerable today as ever before. Battleships a...

This book discusses a number of raids undertaken by XXXXVIII Panzer Corps near the Black Sea in 1941/2 to explore the tactics used and why they wer...

This is the go-to volume on bushido ( the way of the warrior ), drawing on a wide range of historical sources to paint a vivid picture of the samur...

During the 19th century, US forces confronted the Seminole people in a series of bitter wars over the fate of Florida. After the refusal of the Sem...

In his 1933 inaugural address, Franklin D. Roosevelt declared that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Yet even before Pearl Harbor, Ame...

Our understanding of civil war is shot through with the spectre of quagmire, a situation that traps belligerents, compounding and entrenching war's...

Prussian General Carl von Clausewitz famously wrote that War is the continuation of politics by other means. But what does Clausewitz mean to a wor...

The Art of War has been a source of great strategical inspiration throughout the ages. Focusing on military strategy, psychology and tactics, each ...

The unknown story of how a fleet of Australian fishing boats, trawlers and schooners supplied US and Australian forces in the Pacific - and helped ...

In 1979 the Soviet Union moved from military help to active intervention in Afghanistan. Four-fifths of the Afghan National Army deserted in the fi...

THE PERFECT STOCKING FILLER for anyone who thinks they''''d survive the world''''s most hostile environments - or at least imagine they could do.--...

The New Kingdom of Egypt marks the apogee of military organisation and preparedness. Beginning the era under foreign occupation, the Egyptians buil...

The US Airborne force fielded some of the toughest, best-trained and most resourceful troops of World War II all necessary qualities in a force th...

First published in 1986, James Belich's groundbreaking book and the television series based upon it transformed New Zealanders' understanding of th...

Was the Civil War preordained to last four years or were there reasons why neither side could land a knockout punch? From the outset, both North...

Two weeks before Dunkirk, Anthony Eden, Minister of War, announced to the nation on BBC radio his concept of a Local Defence Volunteer force. The G...

This book explores the National Defense Strategy (NDS) which serves as the Defense Department''''s capstone document in a long-term effort. It flow...

The story of one of the most astonishing episodes of espionage and deception of World War Two.This is the tale of two men: Claude Dansey, deputy he...

The wartime adventures of the legendary SOE agent Harry Rée, told in his own wordsA beautiful collection of writings by schoolmaster-turned-secret ...